Judge Susanne Cole was appointed as a Judge of the District Court of New South Wales, a Deputy President of NCAT and the Division Head of the Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division and the Occupational Division of NCAT in 2019.

Prior to those appointments, Jude Cole was a Judge of the District Court of South Australia (appointed 2003) and the Senior Judge of the Environment, Resources and Development Court of South Australia (appointed 2010).